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Jamarius Dinkins Season 2025

#55
PositionDL
Weight300 lbs
Height6-5
YearSenior
HometownColumbus, Ohio
Previous SchoolKentucky
2024 / AS A JUNIOR
• Appeared in eight games
• Totaled nine tackles on the season
• Had a career-high three tackles twice, against No. 18 Notre Dame (Sept. 14) and No. 23 Illinois (Oct. 12)

2023 / AS A REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE AT KENTUCKY
• Saw action in 11 games and totaled nine tackles, a tackle-for-loss and two quarterback hurries
• Posted a career-high three tackles vs. Missouri
• Got two tackles, including one TFL for four yards, in the opener vs. Ball State
 
2022 / AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN AT KENTUCKY
• Saw action in nine games and had nine tackles, a sack and a tackle-for-loss
• Earned a career-high three tackles at No. 3 Tennessee
• Got his first career tackle-for-loss in a win over Louisville
• Named to SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
 
2021 / AS A FRESHMAN AT KENTUCKY
• Played in three games
• Saw his first collegiate action vs. ULM and charted a tackle and a half sack
 
HIGH SCHOOL
• Rated a three-star recruit by 247sports and Rivals
• Rated a Top 25 recruit in talent-rich Ohio and a Top 35 strongside defensive end nationally
• Named Central District D-II Defensive Player of the Year after totaling 43 tackles, 12 tackles-for-loss, eight sacks and four forced fumbles in 2020
• Helped Walnut Ridge win the Columbus City League Championship title
• Also helped the Scots advance to the second round of the Division II, Region 7 playoffs and finish 6-3 after going 11-1 and advancing to a regional semifinal in 2019
• Ohio MaxPreps All-State Second Team honors
• Named First-Team Division II All-Ohio by the Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association
 
PERSONAL
• Son of Juanita Dinkins
• Siblings are James Polk-Dinkins and Akilah Stewart
• Born in Columbus, Ohio
• Major: Sociology
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Junior
2024

DL
6-5 / 280 lbs